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GM begins deliveries of first Ultium-based EVs: GMC Hummer pickup and Brightdrop EV600

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With 30 all-new EVs planned globally through 2025, two-thirds of which will be available in the North America, Ultium will be the key driver of GM’s expansion and next phase of growth. Greatly reduce proliferation of parts combinations used in today’s internal combustion lineups, helping enhance EV profitability. GMC HUMMER EV.

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GM reveals new Ultium batteries and flexible global platform for rapid growth of EV lineup

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At an event in the GM Tech Center campus in Warren, Michigan, General Motors unveiled the core of its new strategy to grow the company’s EV sales quickly, efficiently and profitably. The heart of GM’s strategy is a modular propulsion system and a highly flexible, third-generation global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries.

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GM announces Ultra Cruise: hands-free driving across 95% of driving scenarios for premium vehicles

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Ultra Cruise will cover more than 2 million miles of roads at launch in the United States and Canada, with the capacity to grow up to more than 3.4 million miles. GM is also developing an Ultra Cruise app that will be viewable in the center display of Ultra Cruise-equipped vehicles only when the vehicle is parked.

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GM and Navistar will create and support 2,000 long-haul hydrogen fuel-cell semis

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The commercial truck maker Navistar International is teaming with General Motors to put 2,000 fuel-cell semis, each with a range of more than 500 miles and 15-minute refueling, into use “in the near term,” the companies jointly announced Wednesday.

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Mini Cooper SE update, Xpeng’s Autopilot rival, GM-powered fuel-cell semis: Today’s Car News

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The Mini Cooper SE gets some updates—but not to its 110-mile range. GM fuel cells will power International fuel-cell semis. EV maker Xpeng offers an expanded suite of assisted-driving features that closely follows Tesla’s Navigate on Autopilot. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Honda and GM prove hydrogen cars can work | Autocar Professional

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General Motors and Honda are two of those and both have a track record, Honda since the early 1990s and GM since the Electrovan FCEV in 1966. The FCEV is powered by a fuel cell system made by a GM and Honda joint venture called Fuel Cell System Manufacturing (FCSM), based in Michigan.

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GM: Cadillac to be lead EV brand; new global BEV3 architecture

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During its Capital Markets Day presentation, GM said that Cadillac will be GM’s lead electric vehicle brand and will introduce the first model from the company’s all-new global battery electric vehicle architecture (BEV3), GM’s foundation for an advanced family of profitable EVs. —Mark Reuss, GM President.

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